Residents aged 15 to 24: 8.4%, a lower share than 89% of compared French towns
Households headed by a retired person make up 37%, against 32% in the typical compared French town. Still, 6.4% of households have no car, a lower share than in 77% of compared French towns. Froges is home to 3,285 residents in 1,450 households, by the 2023 Census. For Froges, the census puts second homes at 0.6%.
Throughout this page, the Isère median and the France median are the median of compared communes (those with an overall grade), each figure its own median. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
Slower than most: −3% since 2012, behind 82% of compared French towns
Residents at INSEE’s last three censuses, each recast in the 2026 commune boundaries. France has no yearly estimate by commune between censuses.
2012 to 2023
2017 to 2023
From 2012 to 2017 the change was −2%; from 2017 to 2023, −1%. Over the same years the median compared French town changed +5%, the median Isère town +7%.
A median age of 47.6: Froges is older than 73% of compared French towns
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Froges 47.6. The median compared French town: 44.
24% of Froges’ residents are 65 or older, against 21% in the median Isère town and 22% in the median compared French town; 20% are under 18.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Isère 51.3%, France 51.8%.
A smaller share of one-person households than 71% of compared French towns: 31%
A household is everyone who shares a main home (résidence principale). Household types come from INSEE’s fuller sample of a quarter of census forms.
Against the Isère median and the France median
Living alone · share
Single-parent households make up 8.1%, against 10% in the typical compared French town. Elsewhere, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. The census found that 28% of households are couples with children in Froges.
In Froges, 4.3% of homes stand empty, fewer than in 84% of compared French towns
Every home the census counted: main residences, second homes and occasional dwellings (INSEE counts them together), and empty homes. Owning and renting are on Cost of living.
All homes · share of homes
Type of home
Cars per household · share of households
Car-free households: one in 16, where the median compared French town has 11%. To put it in context, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. For Froges, the census puts flats at 35%. Households in social housing are more common here than in nearly two thirds of compared French towns.
A median of €29,210 a year per consumption unit
The standard of living (niveau de vie) is a household’s disposable income after taxes and benefits, divided by its consumption units (UC) to allow for its size and make-up: 1 for the first adult, 0.5 for each other person 14 or older, 0.3 for each child under 14.
Medians of compared communes. Source: INSEE, Filosofi 2023.
The midpoint of living standards here is €29,210 a year per consumption unit, higher than in 80% of compared French towns. The share living below the poverty line is 8.0%.
10% of households are headed by a manual worker, below 77% of compared French towns
Households by the socio-professional group (PCS) of their reference person, INSEE’s own categories. Jobs and commuting are on the Work & commute page.
Households by reference person’s group · share of households
Set against 9.4% in the typical compared French town, 13% of households are headed by a manager or professional in Froges. The wider picture: 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
3.3% of residents are foreign nationals, below 61% of compared French towns
INSEE publishes two measures, which overlap but aren’t the same. Neither is the UK’s “born abroad”.
Share of residents · census 2023
Immigrant (immigré)
Born abroad, not French at birth. Someone stays an immigrant after becoming French. A French citizen born abroad (for example in Algeria before 1962) is not one.
Foreign national (étranger)
Not a French citizen today, wherever born. A child born in France to foreign parents can be a foreign national without being an immigrant.
The median compared commune in Isère has 8%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 50% of compared French towns. Typically, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town. Census figures put immigrants at 6.5% in Froges.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Single residents: 21%, a lower share than 86% of compared French towns
Residents 15 and over by how they live: the census asks both the legal status and whether people live as a couple.
Residents 15 and over · share
Against a figure of 43% in the typical compared French town, the share of married residents in Froges comes in at 46%. The wider picture: 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
More graduates of higher education than 73% of compared French towns: 37%
Highest diploma of residents 15 and over who have left education, in French terms: the levels don’t map one-to-one to UK or U.S. ones.
Highest diploma · 15 and over, out of education
Few places have so few adults with no qualification: 19% here, fewer than in 52% of compared French towns. Graduates of higher education make up 30% in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 3,249 to 3,321 people, the 16th oldest
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
At the ends of the range sit Lespinasse (36.5), the youngest, and Carantec (60.5), the oldest.
Froges and its 6 nearest towns: 2 of them are older
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Froges | 47.6 | 24% | 0.6% | 6.5% |
| Villard-Bonnot 7,509 · 2 mi | 40.9 | 18% | 1% | 7.3% |
| Crolles 8,609 · 2.2 mi | 45.9 | 21% | 0.7% | 7.5% |
| Bernin 3,334 · 2.7 mi | 47.7 | 25% | 1.4% | 5.7% |
| Saint-Nazaire-les-Eymes 3,016 · 3.5 mi | 47 | 23% | 1.2% | 4.9% |
| Le Versoud 4,900 · 4.3 mi | 41.6 | 17% | 0.7% | 6.7% |
| Saint-Ismier 7,165 · 4.5 mi | 49.2 | 27% | 2.4% | 6.2% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Census 2023. INSEE’s census is a rolling survey: a fifth of small communes each year, 8% of homes in large ones each year. “2023” pools the surveys of 2021 to 2025, so the figures describe the town around 2023, not on one day.
- Medians of compared communes. The comparisons are the median of the département’s compared communes and of France’s (those with an overall grade), each figure its own median: not the total for the département or for France, which large cities pull towards their own figures.
- Immigrants and foreign nationals. INSEE’s two measures: an immigrant was born abroad without French nationality; a foreign national isn’t French today. Neither is a count of people born abroad, which INSEE doesn’t publish by commune.
- Second homes. Homes used for holidays or weekends, with occasional dwellings (kept for work, for example), which INSEE counts together. Their owners are counted where they live, not here.
- Standard of living. INSEE’s Filosofi: disposable income per consumption unit, from tax and benefit files, 2023. The poverty rate is the share of residents below 60% of France’s median. Not published for the smallest communes.
- What France doesn’t ask. The French census asks nothing about ethnicity, religion, language or health, so this page has no such section.
Questions about who lives in Froges
What is the population of Froges?
3,285 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% fewer than in 2012 (3,393).
How old are Froges’ residents?
The median age is 47.6, older than 73% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 24% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Froges?
10, with occasional dwellings: 0.6% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Froges?
INSEE counts 210 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 6.5% of residents, and 110 foreign nationals (3.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Froges?
€29,210 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 8.0% of residents live below the poverty line. Source: INSEE, Filosofi.
Sources: INSEE, census 2023 (population, ages, households, homes, marital status, diplomas, immigrants, foreign nationals, employment), 2026 geography · INSEE, Filosofi 2023 (standard of living, poverty) · IGN Admin Express (boundaries) · Medians and percentiles: TownRatings, over compared French towns, updated November 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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